Free PLAB 1 practice questions — answered and explained.
PLABRevisions, part of the MedRevisions family, has prepared 30,000+ doctors for UK licensing exams since 2019. These free PLAB 1 practice questions are public worked examples of that writing: exam-style stems, close distractors, and a cited UK guideline. They are teaching cases, not past papers. The GMC does not release real PLAB 1 past papers.
Why these PLAB 1 practice questions exist
PLAB 1 is a 180-item SBA paper sat in one sitting. Stems are long, options sit close together, and the live blueprint is the MLA Content Map 2026. International doctors lose marks when they apply home-country first-line drugs to a UK NICE or BNF sequence.
Recent sittings reward the candidate who can separate two almost-right options, not the one who has memorised a single “correct” letter. Each free PLAB 1 practice question below is written in that style — five options that are clinically related on purpose — then explained so you can reuse the rule on a stem you have not seen.
Read one or two here with no account. If the explanation teaches, the full bank is the same editorial process: 5,400+ exam-style questions, and we continue to add more, every item mapped to the MLA Content Map 2026, and Study Essential when you need a high-yield path through that map instead of opening the whole bank at once.
Free PLAB 1 practice questions
This week’s worked examples
PLAB 1 practice question: Unconscious hypoglycaemia
A type 1 diabetic is unresponsive with a glucose of 1.6 mmol/L and a working cannula. What do you give first?
PLAB 1 practice question: Unstable ectopic pregnancy
A collapsed woman with a positive pregnancy test and shoulder-tip pain. What comes first — methotrexate, a next-day scan, or theatre?
After the free PLAB 1 practice questions
A public worked example shows you the writing. Passing PLAB 1 takes volume, timing, and a map you can tick. That is the subscribed platform: 5,400+ exam-style PLAB 1 questions with the same close-option design, explanations that cite NICE, BNF, CKS or SIGN, and notes tied back to the presentation you just got wrong.
Use Study Essential if you need a shorter, high-yield route across the MLA Content Map 2026. Use the full PLAB 1 question bank when you want mixed, timed blocks that feel like the real 180-item paper. Either way you are on the same map the GMC publishes.
Frequently asked questions
Are there free PLAB 1 practice questions with answers?
Yes. This page lists free PLAB 1 worked examples — full stems, five options, distractor analysis, and a cited UK guideline. New questions are added weekly. They are public teaching cases, not a past-paper dump.
Does the GMC release PLAB 1 past papers?
No. The GMC does not publish real PLAB 1 papers. Anyone selling “PLAB past papers” is not selling the exam you will sit. Use these worked examples for explanation depth, then practise under a timer in the free trial.
What is the difference between these free questions and the free trial?
These pages are public, answered, and indexed — you can read the explanation without an account. The free trial on Free resources unlocks 70+ in-app sample questions inside the question bank. Use this hub to learn from a worked case; use the trial to practise under the product timer.
How often are new free PLAB 1 example questions published?
One new worked example is added each week, mapped to the MLA Content Map 2026 and cited to a current NICE, BNF, CKS, SIGN, or GMC source. Older pages stay live so the archive compounds.
Why practise PLAB 1 questions on PLABRevisions after these free examples?
The same clinical team has written UK licensing-exam questions since 2019 for 30,000+ candidates. The full bank is 5,400+ MLA Content Map 2026 questions with close distractors and guideline-cited explanations. Study Essential is the high-yield path through that map when time is short. These free pages are the public sample of that writing style.